Web Content Viewer (JSR 286)

Web Content Viewer (JSR 286)

Improving the Categories Used to Classify Foods Implicated in Outbreaks

The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) partnered in 2011 to form the Interagency Food Safety Analytics Collaboration (IFSAC). This tri-agency analytic collaboration focuses on projects related to foodborne illness source attribution.

One of IFSAC’s top priorities involves improving the classification of foods implicated in foodborne disease outbreaks. On June 18, 2013 the tri-agency collaboration held its first webinar to discuss the improvements to the food categorization scheme used by regulatory agencies to inform food safety decision-making.